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THE BEATRIX POTTER ENGAGEMENT DIARY FOR 1993
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 2115982
Published by Frederick Warne. 1st 1992. Fine condition.

Large format. Colour pictorial boards. Part of Beatrix Potter's Country World series. A week to a page diary. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0723240078. Unused.

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CHOKE-BORE GUNS AND HOW TO LOAD FOR ALL KINDS OF GAME
Written by W.W. Greener.
Stock no. 1810697
Published by Cassell Petter & Galpin. Circa 1876. Almost very good condition.

Burgundy boards, gilt titles and vignettes. Pockets containing diagrams of shooting from various choke-bore guns (three larger folded diagrams, and 3 smaller folded diagrams, all are printed on both sides.) Two fold-out tables. B/w illustrations. vii, 215, xv and 4 pages of publisher adverts to rear. Name and date in ink to front pocket (x 2). Name and date in ink to half-title page. Name in ink to page 11 and page 93 (neat and contemporary). Front and rear joint strengthened amateurishly with brown paper glued to joint, also to verso of front endpaper and facing half-title page. Rear hinge is broken (after page 4 of publisher advertistements) and therefore cloth starting to come away from the spine inside the book. All diagrams mentioned are present. Fold-out tables are creased and worn on folds.

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THE SOUL AND BODY OF AN ARMY
Written by Ian Hamilton.
Stock no. 1810677
Published by Edward Arnold & Co.. 1st 1921. Very good condition.

Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 303 pages. Vertical crease to spine. Front board has a water stain to lower half. Boards a little marked. Corners bumped. New endpapers on stiff card. Contents clean.

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PRINCE PRIGIO AND PRINCE RICARDO
Written by Andrew Lang. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1504006
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st thus 1961. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Children's Illustrated Classics series. Illustrated by D. Watkins-Pitchford (BB). Cream and orange decorated cloth. 4 colour plates and numerous line drawings. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Small dark mark to base of spine. Water/damp mark to edge of front cover which also affects first few pages. Name and address in blue felt pen to half title page. Foxing and light marks to text block. Just a very odd mark to contents. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with a faded spine. Clear tape stuck to verso of front fold to strengthen damage. Small ink stamp to front fold, blue felt pen squiggle to rear fold. Rear panel slightly grubby.

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WALLY WANDEROON AND HIS STORYTELLING MACHINE
Written by Joel Chandler Harris. Illustrated by Karl Moseley.
Stock no. 1504003
Published by Grant Richards. 1st 1904. Almost very good condition.

Beige pictorial covers. A chunky book. 18 b/w plates plus frontis. 294 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Spine darkened, covers a bit grubby and scuffed. Ink name and tick to front endpaper. Some foxing and browning, mainly to endpapers and prelims.

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THE ADVENTURES OF MICHAEL AND THE PIRATES
Written by Terence Tiernan.
Stock no. 1503999
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1939. Almost very good condition.

Peter, Michael and their mother's aeroplane trip ended when their plane landed out at sea. They were rescued by pirates who ordered them to walk the plank but Michael's piano playing saved them. Oblong format 8.75 x 6", white pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners, some loss of surface paper from base of spine, small split to top. Covers grubby. Front endpaper is MISSING. Rear endpaper is creased. A few marks to contents but most pages are clean.

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THE BUCCANEERS - A TALE OF THE SPANISH MAIN
Written by A.E. Bonser. Illustrated by J.R. Monsell.
Stock no. 1503997
Published by Duckworth & Co.. Slightly better than good condition.

Green pictorial cloth. 8 amusing colour plates plus numerous b/w text illustrations. 106 pages. Spine and corners bumped with wear. Stain to lower corner of front cover. Spine browned. Covers grubby and marked. Name in ink to front endpaper. One plate has scoring and one has pencil marks and small spots of surface paper damage. Contents foxed with some browning.

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THE VALLEYS CALL
Written by Paul H. Ballard; Erastus Jones.
Stock no. 1606480
Published by Ron Jones Publications. 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A self-examination by people of the South Wales valleys during the 'year of the valleys 1974'. Dent and mark to front board. Foxing to textblock. Wrapper is edge creased.

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AROUND THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY THEN & NOW
Written by Laurence Waters.
Stock no. 1810643
Published by Heathfield Railway Publications. 1st thus 2009. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

An examination of the changing role of railways over the past half century. Large format. Glazed boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781906974060.

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FOURTH REPORT ON THE HETEROGENEITY OF STEEL INGOTS
No author listed.
Stock no. 2115960
Published by The Iron And Steel Institute. 1932. Good condition.

Being a report by a joint committee of the Iron and Steel Institute and The National Federation of Iron and Steel Manufacturers to the Iron and Steel Industrial Research Council. Iron and Steel Institute - Special Report No. 2. Card wraps. Fold-out pages and diagrams. Top 2-3" of spine is split vertically, then horizontally; also splitting to base of spine. Browning to covers. Staples are rusty. Foxing to contents.

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STORIES OF SCOTLAND AND ITS ADJACENT ISLANDS
Written by Mrs. Thomas Geldart.
Stock no. 2115957
Published by Jarrold & Sons. Circa 1872. Almost very good condition.

3rd edition. Dark purple cloth with gilt titles and decorations. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 3rd edition. Spine is browned, with a couple of nicks to top and tail; small amount of fraying to cloth. Marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Page browning, with a bit of foxing.

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PERKIN THE PEDLAR
Written by Eleanor Farjeon. Illustrated by Clare Leighton.
Stock no. 1503988
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 1932. Almost very good condition.

The story of the twenty six children of Zeal Monachorum who did not know their ABC, until one day Perkin the Pedlar came by. Pictorial cloth boards with blue titles. Colour and b/w illustrations. 206 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Covers grubby. Ink stamp to front pastedown. Ink blot to lower edge of text block has seeped a little onto about 50 pages. Light foxing and an odd mark to contents.

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